TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - The behavioral contributors to highway crashes of youthful drivers
JO  - Annual proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
A1  - McKnight, A. James
A1  - McKnight, A. Scott
SP  - 321
EP  - 333
VL  - 44
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N2  - The per-mile crash rate of drivers under age 20 is over five times that of the adult population in general, while that of 16-year-old novices is approximately ten times that of adults. Reports of over 2,000 non-fatal crashes involving young drivers were analyzed for behavioral crash contributors as a step in orienting preventive efforts. The great majority of non-fatal crashes resulted from errors in attention, visual search, speed relative to conditions, hazard recognition, and emergency maneuvers, with high speeds and patently risky behavior accounting from but a small minority. The pattern of errors for novices did not differ significantly from that of more experienced youth.
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SN  - 1540-0360
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -